It is now derelict with access restricted due to safety. The rooms are full of antiquated telephone equipment, and junk packed up into ration boxes which would have initially been used to hold food able to sustain someone for many days. There are storerooms which contain spare parts for all the equipment, and the vast water tanks are unused. The roof and walls are damp, dripping in places, and it is very cold. It is now silent where once there might have been 100 engineers working at one time in its construction, and then after many technicians and operators would have worked within Anchor’s walls.
It was only ever put on standby once during the Cuba crisis of 1962 when only selected men were allowed down.

British Telecom does notinvite people down into Anchor and as I have said nobody goes down there now anyway. However if you look behind telephone House you might be able to see a huge air vent leading down into the ground which is probably the only outward sign of its existence.